Question: What is a sewer to do when she has to work a day job? Well, there is the occasional perusing and purchasing of online fabric and notions and reading sewing blogs, But, how else to give in to the addiction? Answer: She brings a small sewing machine to keep at the office. My boss ACTUALLY gave me approval to do this on my lunch breaks. Yeah!!!
I started with my Singer 401A. I was working on on my first ever full bust adjustment blouse pattern. Yeah, I don't want to talk about that one......LOL! One day I'll finish it. I just got to the point that I didn't like the fabric anymore and didn't want to finish it. And there's already so many mistakes. But, I will finish it before I do another. If anything just to get the experience and make more mistakes.
Months later I brought a Brother SE425 (which incidentally is identical to my traveling Babylock Sofia 2). I've completed my daughter's monkey, except the eyes which I eventually did finish.
Now, the draw back. Coworkers keep coming to me to fix their girlfriend's jeans, or wives special pillows that the dogs chewed or to repair their clothes. And I hate to say no, but I do. I already have enough planned projects to last a year or more.
Since my travelling and office sewing machines are nearly identical, I've made a presser foot box tackle box that stays at the office unless I'm going to use my traveling machine. It's not as pretty as my Elna foot box. This is the Elna box:
It's just one of the multi-adjustable compartment boxes and the Brother P-Touch label maker. I love that label maker! On this one I cut down a little section to let the ruffler fit better.
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